The Gore Effect Strikes Again

No wonder it has been unseasonably cool in the northeast: Al Gore has been in Chicago this week (you remember the Gore Effect, I assume), doing “climate advocacy training” for a new generation of young people, better known to con men everywhere as “easy marks.”

But The New Republic notes a fresh hypocrisy from Gore: his New York office is in an energy hogging building that boasts of a LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification, which only shows what a racket the whole LEED business is:

“Gore’s applause, however, was premature. According to data released by New York City last fall, the Bank of America Tower produces more greenhouse gases and uses more energy per square foot than any comparably sized office building in Manhattan. It uses more than twice as much energy per square foot as the 80-year-old Empire State Building. It also performs worse than the Goldman Sachs headquarters, maybe the most similar building in New York—and one with a lower LEED rating.”

This is what happens when The New Republic is no longer owned by one of your pals.